Run a Sustainability Sprint
Sustainability Sprints are themed, time-bound challenges that engage your workforce in hands-on sustainability actions.
Introducing Sustainability Sprints by Ecochallenge.org
Ready-to-launch employee sustainability challenges designed by behavior change experts and built around Ecochallenge’s most popular and impactful themes. Launch your engaging, action-packed program in just a few quick steps.
Channel your employees’ enthusiasm for sustainability into action today.
Your teams are eager to make a difference, and you want to match their energy with a program that sparks authentic engagement and produces real results. Sustainability Sprints are themed, curated programs you can implement quickly to meet this moment.
Each sprint is a pre-packaged challenge built on Ecochallenge’s 30+ years of behavior change research and curated around a single sustainability theme. Your teams get a focused, energizing experience; you get a program that’s credible, engaging, and ready when you are.
What is a Sustainability Sprint?
A Sustainability Sprint is a themed, time-bound employee challenge that engages your workforce in hands-on sustainability actions. Each sprint features a curated set of daily and one-time actions organized around a single topic, from reducing waste to rethinking energy use, selected from Ecochallenge’s most popular and effective offerings.
Employees sign up, choose the actions that resonate with them, and track their progress alongside their colleagues. Along the way, they learn, connect, and build habits that extend well beyond the sprint itself.
You can choose to run the sprints for either 14 or 21-days, depending on what works best for the organization. Bundled discounts are available for companies that want to run quarterly sprints to keep momentum going throughout the year, with a fresh theme each time.
How it works
- Choose your theme. Browse our curated sprint themes and pick the one that fits your goals and interests.
- Select your tier level and format. Determine how many employees will participate and decide between a 14-day and a 21-day sprint.
- We build it for you. Ecochallenge sets up your branded sprint, complete with your organization’s logo, within three weeks.
- Get your team excited. While we build, you’ll receive a communications toolkit with ready-to-use emails and announcements to generate buzz before launch day.
- Launch and go. Your employees join, create teams, choose their actions, and start making an impact. Ecochallenge provides technical support throughout.
- See your results. When the sprint wraps, you can view and share the final impact dashboard showing how your organization's collective work produced a positive impact on the planet.
Available themes
Each Sustainability Sprint is organized around a single curated theme. Themes feature pre-selected categories with a mix of daily and one-time actions for participants to choose from.
Included in every sprint
- Curated action set. A focused collection of daily and one-time sustainability actions, selected from Ecochallenge’s most popular and effective offerings and grounded in behavior change best practices.
- Your brand, your sprint. Your organization’s logo featured on the challenge platform, so employees experience this as an in-house initiative.
- Communications toolkit. Pre-written emails, announcements, and messaging templates to launch with confidence and keep participation high from start to finish.
- Team creation and competition. Employees form teams, track collective progress, and engage in friendly leaderboard challenges that build camaraderie.
- Discussion forums. A private space for participants to share stories, tips, wins, and encouragement with colleagues.
- Goal setting. Employees choose the actions and habits they want to focus on, with the option to create their own if they have a specific goal in mind.
- Progress tracking. Personal dashboards so every participant can see their journey and celebrate their wins along the way.
- Post-event impact dashboard. Live visibility into your organization’s collective impact: actions completed, participation rates, streaks, and more. The dashboard doubles as a shareable impact report once the sprint concludes, which you can easily share with leadership or include in your next ESG update.
- Technical support. Ecochallenge provides user support throughout your sprint, so your team can focus on participating, not troubleshooting.
Why choose a sprint instead of a tailored challenge?
A shorter path from purchase to launch
Sustainability Sprints are ready to run within three weeks of purchase. Your employees could be logging actions before your next all-hands meeting.
Fewer decisions, more action
Every sprint is expertly curated by behavior change researchers and features a healthy balance of daily and one-time actions selected from our most popular and effective options. There’s no need to make decisions about which categories or actions to include - we’ve done all the hard work for you, so you can get started right away.
Focused themes that build shared purpose
Each sprint is organized around a single theme, creating a collective experience that feels intentional and cohesive. Employees and teams can move in the same direction to achieve greater impact together.
Flexible duration to fit your culture
Schedule your sprint to run for either 14 or 21 days, depending on your team’s availability and goals. Both durations are designed to create meaningful engagement and measurable impact.
Repeatable throughout the year
Run a different themed sprint each quarter to sustain momentum and keep employees engaged. Each sprint is a fresh experience, with new actions that lead to new conversations and renewed energy.
Everything you’d expect from the Ecochallenge Platform
Discussion forums, team creation and friendly competition, personal progress tracking, and real-time impact dashboards all come standard. Your sprint lives on the same platform trusted by organizations and communities worldwide.
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